African American Writers Archives

Review: “They Saved My Life”—Taught by Women: Poems as Resistance Language, New and Selected, by Haki R. Madhubuti

By Patrick T. Reardon on September 22, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Taught by Women: Poems as Resistance Language, New and Selected by Haki R. Madhubuti Third World Press One of my favorite poems in Haki R. Madhubuti’s new, career-spanning collection Taught by Women: […]

Book Review: South Side Chick Lit, Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

By Patrick T. Reardon on June 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West Park Row Books, 312 pages, $27.99 In the closing pages of Catherine Adel West’s Saving Ruby King, two men and two women can hear police […]

Book Review: Fighting Racism with a Teacup, Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance, edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed

By Patrick T. Reardon on May 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance: New Negro Writers, Artists and Intellectuals 1893–1930 Edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed University of Illinois Press, 296 pages, $28 In November 1904, […]

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African American Writers

Review: “They Saved My Life”—Taught by Women: Poems as Resistance Language, New and Selected, by Haki R. Madhubuti

Book Review: South Side Chick Lit, Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

Book Review: Fighting Racism with a Teacup, Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance, edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed

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